Current active course description (last updated 2025/26)
Political Ideologies
PO112S
Current active course description (last updated 2025/26)
Political Ideologies
PO112S
The main course topics are related to political ideologies such as; liberalism, conservatism, communism, socialism, social democracy, nazism, fascism, feminism, populism, and Islamism.
The main course topics are related to political theories such as; liberalism, conservatism, communism, socialism, social democracy, nazism, fascism, feminism, populism, Islamism, multiculturalism and ecoradicalism/ecofascism. The course presents the historical linkages back to the classic philosophers, but in the context of current movements and ideas, internationally as well as in Norway.
Admission on the basis of general study competence or prior learning in accordance with current rules.
Knowledge
The candidate should have
- knowledge about the most important political ideologies
- knowledge about the most central theorists of ideologies
- knowledge about the development of the different ideologies over time as an answer to each other and the general development of society
Skills
The candidate should
- be able to compare and analyze the core ideas of odeologies, values, human views, methods og social change, political and economic governance, and international dissemination
- understand the basic principles of elitism
- be able to understand the political development of today on the background of modern societal changes
- be able to understand the forces of modern polarization
General competance
The candidate should
- be able to explain the ongoing discourse about political idology, where libarlism is challenged by conservatives, socialists, marxists, social democrats, feminists, populists and islamists
No costs except semester registration fee and syllabus literature.
Compulsory for Bachelor in International Relations and One-year-program in International Relations. For students on other programmes, the course is elective.
Weekley lectures and seminars led by the teacher.
The study programme is evaluated annually by students by way of course evaluation studies (mid-term evaluation and final evaluation). These evaluations are included in the university's quality assurance system.
A five-hour written individual school examination with regular Norwegian grading system (A-F). The exam can be written in either Norwegian or English.
Pen, ruler, pc and up to 2 bilingual dictionaries.
Overlap refers to a similarity between courses with the same content. Therefore, you will receive the following reduction in credits if you have taken the courses listed below:
PO112LS - Political Ideologies - 10 credits